Car construction.



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GAR CONSTRUCTION,

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A. E. OSTRANDER. CAR CONS'IRUGIION.l APPLICATION FILED JAN.10,1906.

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ALLEN E. OSTRANDER, OF PATERSON, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO AMERICAN CAR & FOUN DRY COMPANY., OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

can coNsTRucl-low Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented sept. 11,1906.

animation nea January "1o, 190s. serai No. 295.440.

a citizen ofthe United States, residing at VIO ' and combination of the several arts, all asv Paterson, Passaic county, New Jersey, have invented a certain new and useful Im rovement in Car Construction, of which t e following is a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains .to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part' of this specifica? tion, in whic F1gure 1 1s a side elevatlonal view of one end of a car constructed in accordance withV my present invention. Fig. 2 is4 an elevatlonal view of the side wall. embodying my in- Ventron, and Fi 3 is a sectional view through the said side wa l.

This invention relates to a new and useful improvement in car construction, and articularly tothe side walls of' a car, including the methodv of bracing said sidewall, the same lbeing designed for use in connection with passenger-cars, baggage-cars, &c.

With these Vobjects in view the invention consists in the construction, arrangement,

will be hereinafter described an afterward pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, 1 indicates lates which constitute the slde wallsj of t ecar, said plates servin as the webs of a plate-girder structure. ong the lower edge of the plates 1 are anglesl 2, upon which may be arranged furring-strips 3 for supporting the floor 4. These angles 2 serve as a tension-flange of the plate girder structure. In tead of being formed 'of an attached angle this tensionlange can be made by flanging the lower edges of the plates 2, as is obvious.

5 is an an le secured to the upper edges of the side wal s of the car, which angle serves as the compression-flange for the late-girder structure and also as the "side ang e ofthe car, to which the carlines 6 may be secured.

7 is the facia-plate, preferably riveted along the upper edge of the side Wall, the rivets extending through to the depending leg of angle 5, the faciauplate thus acting as a reinforcing-strip for the compression-Hangs 8 represents the posts, yarranged at intervals along the side wall of the car and riveted thereto to resist bulging tendencies.

9 represents diagonals, preferably in the form of angles, which are riveted to the side walls ofthe car. At the point where it is desired tohave a door the diagonal post is omitted and the plate constituting the side wall is interrupted at this point or cut away to provide the' door-opening. Window-open- -ings are also provided, and one of these wmdow-openings is shown at the end of the car,

the same having a reinforcing sill-angle 11 and a short diagonal angle 12 arranged thereunder, as shown at the left in Fig. 2. Where a window-opening is provided in the length of thecar between the bolster-points, it is obvious that any interruption of the vertical posts or diagonals must be compensated for in some manner,"so as to strengthen the carat the window-point.

Referring now to Fig. 2 and to the windowopenin 13 -at the right hand of said ligure, it will ie seen that the window-opening occurs at a point which normally should be occupied by a vertical post. By a change in the method of trussing at this point the strains in thevertical member are eliminated, and in the absence of the ost this point is utilized to splicdthe plates orming the side wall, and in addition `marginal an les 14 are riveted to the side walls around 't e window-opening. At the junction of these mar inal angles connection-plates 15 are secure in position, the same extending over and being riveted to the ad'acent di onals 9.

romthe oregoing it will be observed that, the belt-rail usuall employed in the construction of cars o this character is eliminated, and consequently the structure is the plate-girder structure with the trussing angles great rigidity in the side walls'is rsecured, and in addition to which the side wallV is exceedingly strong and well able to resist bulging strains. The presence of the marginal angles around the windows and the connection between said marginal angles and the diagonals does not weaken the structure. If desired, a vertical post could be arran ed under the window-opening; but I deem t is unnecessary, as the splicefplate will serve every pu ose of a vertical post at this point.

It is o vious that the trussed side \wall herein shown is useful in connection with types of cars other than passenger-cars where IOO -it is desirable to carry the entire load on the .sides of the car.

By referring to Fig. 1 it Will be observed that one side of the door-opening is medial with respect to the truck, thus locating the `terminal members of the sideV trussing) in est such relation to the truckcenter as Will transmit the load to the bolster. v f Y I am aware that minor changes in the construction, arrangement, and combination of the several parts of'my device can bemade and substituted for those herein shown ,and described Without departing from the nature and principle of my invention.

Having thus described the invention, What is claimed as new, and desiredto be secured by Letters Patent, is-

A. 1. In a car construction, the combination With a platesgirder side Wall Whose tensionange serves as a sipport for the loorand Whose compressionange acts as a side angle to Whic the carlines may be connected, and a facia-plate riveted to the upper edge of the side Wall and acting as a reinforcing element for the comdpression member;v substantially as describe 2. In a car construction, the combination* with a 1plate-girder side Wall7 vertical posts and diagonals riveted thereto, and a Windowopening occurring at a post-point, said Window-o ening having Hmarginal angles `connecte to adjacent diagonalsg,.substantially as described.

3. In a car construction, the combination With'a side Wall constructed Without a beltrail and having vertical posts and diagonals,

si e Wall, a Window-opening which occurs at the splicing-point betweenthe plates, saidA Windowf` opening having marginal angles aroundl the y edges thereof, and ystrengthening members. riveted -to the reinforcingmembers of the sidewall andconnected to said manginal agigles; substantiallfT as described'.

Int stimony whereof this 3d day of January, 1906.

ALLEN E. OSTRANDER.

Witnesses: l

Ron'r. G. JEFFERY,

L. FAGAN.

hereunto myV i signature, in the presence .of two witnesses, v

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